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<a name="gtk-migrating-label-links"></a>Migrating from SexyUrlLabel to GtkLabel</h2></div></div></div>
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    GTK+ 2.18 supports showing links inside a <a class="link" href="GtkLabel.html" title="GtkLabel"><span class="type">GtkLabel</span></a>, similar to
    SexyUrlLabel. Porting from SexyUrlLabel to GtkLabel is relatively
    straightforward. GtkLabel accepts links in the markup using the
    same HTML <code class="sgmltag-element">a</code> notation that SexyUrlLabel uses. In addition
    to the href attribute, GtkLabel accepts a title attribute that
    is displayed as a tooltip on the link. Instead of
    <code class="function">sexy_url_label_set_markup()</code>, just call <a class="link" href="GtkLabel.html#gtk-label-set-markup" title="gtk_label_set_markup ()"><code class="function">gtk_label_set_markup()</code></a>.
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    One difference between the two APIs is that the ::url-activated signal
    from SexyUrlLabel has been replaced by the <a class="link" href="GtkLabel.html#GtkLabel-activate-link" title='The "activate-link" signal'><span class="type">"activate-link"</span></a>
    signal. The need for connecting to this signal is greatly reduced,
    since GtkLabel has a default handler that calls <a class="link" href="gtk-Filesystem-utilities.html#gtk-show-uri" title="gtk_show_uri ()"><code class="function">gtk_show_uri()</code></a>.
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